Nottinghamshire

American  

[not-ing-uhm-sheer, -sher, -ham-] / ˈnɒt ɪŋ əmˌʃɪər, -ʃər, -hæm- /

Also Notts

noun

1. a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2,210 sq. km).

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Nottinghamshire British  

/ -ʃə, ˈnɒtɪŋəmˌʃɪə /

noun

1.  Notts.  an inland county of central England: generally low-lying, with part of the S Pennines and the remnant of Sherwood Forest in the east. Nottingham became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Nottingham. Pop (excluding Nottingham): 755 400 (2003 est). Area (excluding Nottingham): 2086 sq km (805 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

The diamond-backed spider was thought to be extinct before it was rediscovered by two volunteers at Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire in 2017.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

However, the Nottinghamshire batter hopes placing a greater emphasis on fitness and being in the right frame of mind will prevent his international career from ending before he wants it to.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The inquiry has heard the warrant was never carried out by Nottinghamshire Police.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Clumber Park, near Worksop in Nottinghamshire, was created as a deer park in 1709 but the first hall was built by Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, the 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the 1760s.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

He was born in the village of Rempstone, in Nottinghamshire, April, 1769.

From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas